Difficult to know where to start with this, but the logic seems to be that we can't let these essential immigrants feel secure and welcome in this country in case they get better paid jobs....

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 17h ago

"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights".

Liberal England: Christine Jardine will not fight Edinburgh West for the Lib Dems at the next election liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/09/chri...

The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.

Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 23h ago

Two-tier British citizenship latest.

I commend Andy Burnham for giving a response that completely avoids "legitimate concerns". I wish some of his Ministers had as much backbone....

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social · yesterday

Exclusive: I asked Andy Burnham about the gangs of masked thugs marauding around parts of our country and asked if he and his government should be doing more to call out their actions He called them ‘poisonous’ amongst other strong words. His condemnation was unequivocal. Full story here 👇

She claims to have moved to avoid VAT on private school fees. Are her kids being taught in Arabic?

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 5d ago

The cognitive dissonance was getting too much for Issy. Next, she'll be integrating into Islamic culture. Or maybe not.

Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband

Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage

independent.co.uk

There are now more Tech lobbyists working in Brussels than there are MEPs, resulting in bullshit like this. The EU is considering applying the widely-abused 'legitimate interest' GDPR exemption to AI development and training. Max Schrems is on the case. www.theregister.com/legal/2026/0...

Nick Candy and Holly Valance. Britain’s most expensive house. A £265m sale. Usual consequence: £32m of stamp duty. But five small flats were included in the sale. By an extraordinary happy accident, that cut the tax by £18.5m. The curious sale of Nick Candy’s mansion A 🧵:

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf claimed the UK’s foreign-born population in 2024 was “up 143% in a decade”. This is incorrect - estimates suggest the increase over a decade was much less. His figure may refer to an estimate of the increase over 20 years instead.

The UK’s foreign-born population in 2024 was not ‘up 143% in a decade’ – Full Fact

A figure quoted by Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf for the increase in the UK’s foreign-born population is far too high, and may refer to an estimate of the increase over 20 years.

fullfact.org

I'm old enough to remember when overt racism was a feature of primetime TV comedy, and I also remember comedy that parodied racism in a way that's not acceptable now. I don't think the two should be treated the same way, but I suppose that's easy for me to say...

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 7d ago

BBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayer

Could someone remind Jim Ratcliffe that in his chosen home of Monaco, 75% of the population are immigrants. And he's one of them.

Nick B 🔶@aviarm.com · 8mo ago

📣 NEWSFLASH - Monaco has been colonised by immigrants. Shocking data shows that less than 25% of the population are indigenous Monegasques. monacolife.net/monacos-popu...

Our Lisa - Gloucestershire County Council leader 💪

Liberal Democrats@libdems.org.uk · last wk.

We need Liberal Democrats. From supporting families facing homelessness and arranging care, to fixing potholes and keeping communities running, Lib Dem councillors are working every day to keep Britain going. Cllr Lisa Spivey

This is an absolutely dreadful and illiberal policy proposal. It would inevitably be used disproportionately against single mothers while absent fathers get away scott-free. And in what universe does impoverishing or locking up a struggling parent help the child? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Parents could face prison for child's crimes under justice reforms, minister says

The reforms to Parenting Orders could also see parents losing benefits, Jake Richards MP told the Times.

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Not sure who created this but 😂

There is much to criticise the BBC for, but we should applaud the tenacity of this BBC journalist and congratulate the corporation for backing them. It's no small feat to take on the security services and win, getting a smidgen of justice for the victim. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case

It is the first time MI5 has confirmed the BBC's revelation that it gave evidence based on lies in court while defending the violent informant.

bbc.co.uk

I agree with George. The phrase "legitimate concerns" is used almost exclusively to appease racists and bigots. And those racists and bigots hear Government Ministers telling them they are right, but just don't be too nasty about it. I want politicians to stand up and tell them they are wrong.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last wk.

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff.

Yeah, we should totally trust a company too incompetent to properly sandbox their own software..... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

OpenAI's Sam Altman says world 'right to be afraid' but 'should trust' AI firms

Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.

bbc.co.uk

“We need urgent action to save our democracy.” That’s what I told @lbc.co.uk over the weekend when asked about the massive donations to Farage’s Reform party. The government must act now to stop US-style big money buying our politics.

You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?

The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows

The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.

bbc.co.uk

Burnham has ignored uniformed fascists marching on our streets and foreign money subverting our politics, so good luck with this, guys.

UK lawmakers urge Burnham to back ban on superintelligent AI after chilling warnings

Letter from 70 MPs and peers follows Anthropic employee’s claim new technology could wipe out humans

theguardian.com

The utter stupidity of Labour backing off on seriously limiting political donations to preserve their union income stream. Has any union got pockets this deep? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record

The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.

bbc.co.uk

Some updated book events: arthursnell.substack.com/p/upcoming-b...

Updated, 7 September: upcoming book events

If you would like to hear me speak about Elemental check the dates below

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The number of reports that state “it was not immediately clear how” rather than “it was clearly a desperate, bullshitter’s bribe attempt”. 🙄

Politico@politico.com · 3w ago

Trump pledges a $5,000 ‘dividend’ to all US adults if the GOP wins the midterms

Are they deliberately targeting the creep and pervert communities with these inventions? Because that demographic is hardly underserved already by Big Tech.

Pop Crave@popcrave.com · 3w ago

Apple announces 'Live Rewind' for the new Apple Watch, letting users pull up the last 15 seconds of nearby conversation.

This could be the greatest incident of delusional optimism I have ever seen. Never change, Nadine.

Even if this happened, it would be Americans being given their own money if paid for by tariffs, or their grandchildren's money if paid for by borrowing. Are they really that stupid? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms

Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.

bbc.co.uk

This sounds a bit alarmist. I mean, this could only come to pass if humanity was collectively really, really stupid and was prepared to spend years ignoring warnings of impending disaster because it was inconvenient, and ignoring the truth was profitable for a few. Oh, wait......

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

AI researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic over safety fears on Tuesday in an X post that went viral and sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and beyond. Read our interview with Coxon. 👇

In a very middle-class English incident, I just apologised to a bumble-bee. I was out running and turned a corner to cut through a gap in a hedge, and bumped into a bee coming the other way. Instinctively, I said "Oh, sorry...." to it 😂

I received quite an unusual right of reply response for this story inews.co.uk/news/british...